USA: Migrant care workers reportedly subject to conditions of 'debt bondage' amid unsafe working conditions & wage theft; incl. co. comment
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Overseas Manpower Solutions - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , 表現の自由の否定 , 情報へのアクセス , 採用費 , Debt Bondage , メンタルヘルス回答
Response sought: Yes, by NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: She described the mental and physical toll this took and the fear of retribution from her employer when she did find a new job. She was then sued by Overseas Manpower Solutions, alleging she owed the company would it would have made off her remaining, unworked hours. After reaching a settlement, she is unable to discuss the terms.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Excessive production targets , Occupational Health & Safety , Restricted mobility回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , Fair & Equal Wages , 人種/民族/カースト/オリジン差別 , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 採用費 , Occupational Health & Safety回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
Restricted mobility , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
CommuniCare - Employer , WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , 採用費 , Excessive production targets , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Restricted mobility , 人身売買回答
Response sought: Yes, by NBC
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: One worker filed a lawsuit against CommuniCare and a recruiter in the Philippines it works with, WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions. Some practices are alleged to be illegal by the Labor Department.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年6月4日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Gender not reported )課題
情報へのアクセス , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
“Trapped at work: Immigrant health care workers can face harsh working conditions and $100,000 lawsuits for quitting”
…more than a dozen immigrant health care workers from across the country described being placed in jobs where there was so little staff that they weren’t able to meet patients’ basic needs and feared for their physical safety…
But when the workers tried to leave their jobs before the expiration of multi-year contracts, they were faced with paying tens of thousands of dollars in penalties …
... after leaving the job, Ramos received a letter from the facilities owner, CommuniCare Family of Companies, demanding she pay $15,555…
About a year after leaving, she was sued by the recruiter, Overseas Manpower Solutions, which alleged she owed the company $42,231…
…the Labor Department filed a lawsuit in federal court against the staffing agency Advanced Care Staffing, alleging that the repayment provision in nurses’ contracts … would violate the Fair Labor Standards Act...
A judge ruled in 2019 that nursing home operator SentosaCare and a recruitment agency it used in the Philippines violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act...
[CommuniCare provides a statement included in the article. NBC news also contacted Overseas Manpower Solutions and Advanced Care Staffing for comment, who could not be reached].